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Hi all. Pardon my noobness. In regards to Bo Katan's outfit, do you think its a flight/jumpsuit or could it be a unitard/body suit? I know its a cartoon but it looks very form fitting/snug. I was wondering if there was a consensus from the field on that.

Warhawk i would have to agree with you on the bodysuit. Its not a jumpsuit. It more of a mock turtleneck body suit.
I would almost suggest you buy a white cotton L/S turtleneck unitard and matching leggings. Dye them both together with the gloves.
The vest, its hard to say but since its open to interpretation I'd say go with cotton twill.
It will be effortless and comfortable since its all cotton.

I'd say go for it. If I had more time I'd add it to my ever growing list of costumes. =)
Your biggest stumbling block is armor I'd think but I haven't vested much time into researching it.
Good Luck!
Christi

I'd say go for it. If I had more time I'd add it to my ever growing list of costumes. =)
Your biggest stumbling block is armor I'd think but I haven't vested much time into researching it.
Good Luck!
Christi

I am not aware of any Bo armor manufacturers other than the helmet. The one I have seen (its a WIP) was self manufactured and I think it looks great.

I too actually thought it could just be the extra sleeves like Boba and Jango... it'll be harder to do extra sleeves to a unitard, so I may still end up making a tight fit "vest" type tshirt that matches in color.

You know what guys, I looked it over and I think you're right. That would be difficult for a unitard I think. Tony, I think I agree. We might have to take artistic license and make it a two piece affair. How practical would it be to do a unitard long sleeve with a short sleeve shirt on top of the same material? The belt if done right should cover any lines of demarkation.

This is a big problem iof every animated charackter in every franchise XD

But Bo for instance have some major issues for being drawn to quickly.
Like Filoni stated: Her Role was first set with a male DW-Lt. but then they decided to take a Women for that role.
Thats also the Reason why she had no Face in that Season - There was no time to make a proper one.
The Suit for instance has no clearly visible end at the shoes aswell. So maybe the sole is attached to the skintight strechsuit or the legs extend with an Uber-sized Spat that grabs the whole Boot.

But now for some creative input:

I guess if the custume-wearer has a "perfect" shape like the perfect animated charackter - some grey stretch-fabric like "under Armour" would do it. Who will look on the details of the fabric, when having a good looking A**? ;-)

Another Option: taking a grey Working suit and cut out some long triangles in the length of arm and leg. and then sew them together - but dont forget a zipper or velcro sealing at the end of the sleeves.

The Vest of Bo btw surprised me. because it is NO VEST! It has sleeves! So it is friggin T-shirt! XD

For the fabric i would assume Leather. It may look like its made of grey coal-smuged bricks in the animation (Well everything in TCW has an texture that looks like coal-smudged bricks in the first place XD ) -> but in fabricquestions i rather go with estaded Jango-Standards and say LEATHER. Maybe its just some raw, battelworn leather for Bo?

So i googled for a "T-shirt"+"leather" and well...http://heycrazy.files.wordpress.com/...pg?w=600&h=849
there are some trendy leather shirts and tops for girls and I bet there are some grey ones too.
Oh and there are far lot more skintight leathershirts for fetish people and gay ones too.
So if some of you have a problem with that -> you have been warned.

And i take Jango-Standards again. I guess the bottom of the Armorplated Shirt gets just stuffed under the Girthbelt.

btw Girthbelt: Normaly its easy to find a Girthbelt in the right Size in the equitation-equipment for Male's with a stomachal size of 90-110cm and more (its for horse bellys normaly) but while googling it. Short Girthbelts with lentghts of 60-70cm are very rare.
So i would recommend to take a girthbelt with double the size of your stomach. cut them in the middle and make two Belt instead of taking a 90cm long and threw the 20-30cm away XD

The shoes could be Mando Crocs or Birkenstocks. Another thing I picked up on, call me Capt Obvious, her thigh plates/holsters are held on by two straps a piece. Would probably need something behind them to reforce/support them so the weight of the blasters wouldn't bring them down.

This is just an drafted artwork. In the Episode there is only one external strapping ;-)

But those Straps look cool but WONT work anyhow when dealing with weight. (Except if you stretch it that tight that you can amputate your legs)

The Deathwatch Holsterplates are the trickiest part of the Armor - here is why:
Your Upper leg is one of the biggest Muscles. It is slim when standing but grows thicker when sitting, or bending down. So if you dont intend to make the Plates out of rubber or any other elastic material -> you have to make your legplates with a little playspace for your muscles.

I used to attach my Holsterplate with Velcro. But that sucked major ba***ge. But i found an easier solution. -> invisible Elastic Strap! XD

I attached the Holsterboxes with metal-angles and screws once ... 2 up, one down.
So i took an thin elastic strap with the diametersize of my leg and attached it to the bottom of the plate (like the clear visible lower strap in the filoni draft) and a (5cm) thick strap that goes straight up to the waistline - where it is attached with Snaps right to the suit.
To make it invisible, just made some clean cuts into the suit to contrive the strap (like the straps of the kneeplates ;-) ) The Snaps ath the Waist got hidden under the ammobelt.

that way i can move myself and the plates flex with my body -> and nothing is more important then the abilty to move in your armor ;-)

he only thing i regret are the 2 meters of that ended up in the garbage can. XD

This is just an drafted artwork. In the Episode there is only one external strapping ;-)

But those Straps look cool but WONT work anyhow when dealing with weight. (Except if you stretch it that tight that you can amputate your legs)

The Deathwatch Holsterplates are the trickiest part of the Armor - here is why:
Your Upper leg is one of the biggest Muscles. It is slim when standing but grows thicker when sitting, or bending down. So if you dont intend to make the Plates out of rubber or any other elastic material -> you have to make your legplates with a little playspace for your muscles.

I used to attach my Holsterplate with Velcro. But that sucked major ba***ge. But i found an easier solution. -> invisible Elastic Strap! XD

I attached the Holsterboxes with metal-angles and screws once ... 2 up, one down.
So i took an thin elastic strap with the diametersize of my leg and attached it to the bottom of the plate (like the clear visible lower strap in the filoni draft) and a (5cm) thick strap that goes straight up to the waistline - where it is attached with Snaps right to the suit.
To make it invisible, just made some clean cuts into the suit to contrive the strap (like the straps of the kneeplates ;-) ) The Snaps ath the Waist got hidden under the ammobelt.

that way i can move myself and the plates flex with my body -> and nothing is more important then the abilty to move in your armor ;-)

he only thing i regret are the 2 meters of that ended up in the garbage can. XD

Do you have some pictures of this? It sounds good. I'm a visual learner

Good input on holster/thigh armor. Tony and I have also been batting around color. We've taken a look at a dye web site and wonder what folks think is the closest shade. I know for my part I have a hard time with colors/shades of color.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but you mean the color of the suit right? When I look at the episode, I indeed would say Neutral 2: 361. Yet on some pictures like http://images.wikia.com/starwars/ima...Detail-SWE.png, the suit seems a bit darker like Neutral 2: 285 or Neutral 1: 528 even?

Also sorry if I rudely interrupt btw. I've also started on a Bo-Katan costume and came across this forum and topic. You guys really have great tips and suggestions! I'm still a bit of a newby, but I also will be looking around for more info/tips/suggestions etc on the costume and hope I'm be able to help out you guys too

Sorry if I misunderstood, but you mean the color of the suit right? When I look at the episode, I indeed would say Neutral 2: 361. Yet on some pictures like http://images.wikia.com/starwars/ima...Detail-SWE.png, the suit seems a bit darker like Neutral 2: 285 or Neutral 1: 528 even?

Also sorry if I rudely interrupt btw. I've also started on a Bo-Katan costume and came across this forum
and topic. You guys really have great tips and suggestions! I'm still a bit of a newby, but I also will be looking around for more info/tips/suggestions etc on the costume and hope I'm be able to help out you guys too

No apologies needed! Thanks for rolling in. I have a hard time with color. Shading, screen resolution and type as well as lighting all play a factor. Any tips or advice are much appreciated. It takes a village to raise a Bo

Sorry if I misunderstood, but you mean the color of the suit right? When I look at the episode, I indeed would say Neutral 2: 361. Yet on some pictures like http://images.wikia.com/starwars/ima...Detail-SWE.png, the suit seems a bit darker like Neutral 2: 285 or Neutral 1: 528 even?

Also sorry if I rudely interrupt btw. I've also started on a Bo-Katan costume and came across this forum
and topic. You guys really have great tips and suggestions! I'm still a bit of a newby, but I also will be looking around for more info/tips/suggestions etc on the costume and hope I'm be able to help out you guys too

No apologies needed! Thanks for rolling in. I have a hard time with color. Shading, screen resolution and type as well as lighting all play a factor. Any tips or advice are much appreciated. It takes a village to raise a Bo

Here's a better picture of the material. plus a little glimpse of the girth belt.

Hope this helps some of you on getting your girth belt correct. But on Monday or Tueday, I will give you guys a human rendition of this costume. stay tune.

Yeah, I think a real world version would be the charcoal/gunship grey (Strike Eagle grey). The variation of shading for a cartoon character would be to add depth/break it up. With all those smudges, surely Bo Katan isn't a dirty bird.

Great zoom of the girth belt and pouches. It looks like the pouches terminate at about the half way point. Standard girth is 9 rows right? And its definitely brown.